Jo Tunnard (Independent consultant at RyanTunnardBrown, partners in the FDAC National Partnership at CJI) reflects on recent developments in Family Justice. She uses this moment to consider the broader legacy of pioneering judge Nick Crichton, ahead of an award in his honour next year.

Carole Edwards, CEO of CASSPLUS, told us about the court-based community advice service in Devon and Cornwall.

This briefing aims to support practitioners seeking to enhance their court-based response to substance misuse by providing:

Project lead, DS Sandy Thompson spoke to us about Birmingham’s C3 programme and how it works.

We spoke to Sheriff Lindsay Wood about his experiences running the Glasgow Drug Court for nearly 20 years.

We spoke to Sheriff John Cook, who explained more about Edinburgh’s problem-solving court.

This research paper outlines prenatal representations of pregnant mothers who had previously lost children to care, and who were again at risk of entering care proceedings with their unborn baby.

We spoke with Laura Cooper, a specialist youth justice lawyer and Co-Head of the Youth Justice Legal Centre.

This new briefing aims to outline how point-of-arrest youth diversion is delivered across London and how innovative practice is taking place in an ever evolving and diverse city.